Europe & Russia

The leader of Turkiye's main opposition party said today that power had been cut at his home, after he refused to pay his bills for two months in protest...

Some NATO members want the war in Ukraine to continue for Russia to get weaker, Turkiye's Foreign Minister said Wednesday, Anadolu News Agency reports. According to the report, Turkiye's...

A collection of ancient Iranian artefacts have been returned to the country's National Museum after a 40-year search and a longstanding legal dispute. Dating back almost 3,000 years, 51 decorated glazed...

After an eight-year legal battle, a Swiss court has recognised the statelessness of Palestinian refugees from Syria and acknowledged their right to protection. The landmark case could open the...

Turkiye has sent two more trucks of humanitarian aid to the Crimean Tatars in Ukraine, authorities said Thursday, and Anadolu News Agency reports. According to Turkiye's Disaster and Emergency...

Turkiye has prohibited Syrian refugees in the country from visiting family in northern Syria for Eid, marking a significant change in Turkish authorities' treatment of the refugees. The announcement...

Spanish football giant FC Barcelona is reported to have forced one of its young stars to delete a pro-Palestine Instagram post. According to Palestine Online, 20-year-old winger Abde Ezzalzouli,...

Israel will provide Ukraine with protective gear for its rescue and emergency organisations, local media reported. Defence Minister Benny Gantz spoke to his Ukrainian counterpart, Oleksiy Reznikov, and discussed international and Israeli efforts to end...

Former Moroccan Prime Minister and Secretary-General of the Justice and Development Party, Abdelilah Benkirane, on Tuesday said his government had told the king that the contact which saw Algeria...

Turkiye will continue relations with Israel despite violence against Al-Aqsa, Erdogan states Turkiye will maintain its relations with Israel and carry on with the reconciliation process, despite the Israeli...

It was Putin's recognition of Donetsk and Luhansk as independent breakaway regions in Eastern Ukraine that paved the way for an all-out Russian invasion of a sovereign Ukraine. Since...

Turkiye suspends the export of butter and cream to meet increased food demand in the summer, a time of increased tourism, Anadolu News Agency reports. According to the report,...

An imported chocolate bar brand has caused a stir in Egypt over allegations the product contains traces of the narcotic opium poppy. Earlier this month, a high-profile lawyer and...

China, on Wednesday, criticised Sweden after a recent incident took place involving the burning of copies of the Muslim holy book, the Quran, Anadolu News Agency reports. "Freedom of...

A British Court on Wednesday issued a formal order to extradite WikiLeaks co-founder, Julian Assange, to the US to face espionage charges, Anadolu News Agency reports. Chief Magistrate, Paul...

Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman apparently yelled at President Joe Biden's national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, when he asked about the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, the...

Faced with renewed interest in its natural gas following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Algeria may not be able to meet the growing demand, according to a report today by the FT. Despite...

Algeria has demanded "frank clarifications" from Spain before its envoy returns to Madrid following the Spanish government's surprise shift in its position over the Western Sahara issue. The Algerians...

Children made up 26.9 per cent of Turkiye's population in 2021, down from 27.2 per cent in 2019, official figures showed today. There were 22.74 million children in Turkiye in...

Turkiye yesterday jailed a journalist pending trial after he announced hackers had stolen personal information from government websites and shared some of it with him, including President Recep Tayyip...

A prison guard was killed in an explosion that hit a bus in Turkiye's northwestern province of Bursa today, Governor Yakup Canbolat said, adding that it was believed to...

The Arab League, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Qatar and others have condemned the burning as Riyadh called for dialogue and the promotion of tolerance 

Turkish President, Tayyip Erdogan, will hold a call with Israel's President, Isaac Herzog, on Tuesday, after Israeli interventions on Palestinian worshippers at Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque last week, Turkey's Foreign...

The power of veto held by the five permanent members (P5) of the UN Security Council — the US, Russia, China, Britain and France — is one of the...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has sent a letter to Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett requesting that he authorise the transfer of control of the Church of Saint Alexander Nevsky...

UK officials from 10 Downing Street and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office were reportedly hacked by the government of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) using the Israeli-made Pegasus software....

Two Muslim women wearing headscarves, or the hijab, who were beaten by French police last Thursday on the Clichy Bridge will file a complaint against the officers, their lawyer...

Turkiye, on Tuesday, criticised a Swedish far-right politician for burning the Muslim Holy Book, Quran, and said such "neo-Nazi movements have led to increased Islamophobia." Urging to work and...

Iran yesterday said a deal to revive the 2015 nuclear agreement with world powers was not in sight, adding that the US was to blame. Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh told reporters...

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Palestinian counterpart on Monday discussed the escalation of tensions in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, a Kremlin statement said, Anadolu Agency reports....

Iran's foreign ministry yesterday called on the Swedish government to take action over a recent burning of the Muslim Holy Quran in Sweden. "Iran strongly condemns the burning of...

Another blessed Ramadan is upon Muslims around the world, but this year also sees yet another spate of attacks inflicted upon innocent Palestinian worshippers in occupied East -Jerusalem. In...